She Had To Spend The Night Alone In The Wilderness After She Went Missing While Picking Mushrooms
43-year-old Mandy Greer decided to go mushroom picking on Tuesday, October 29th, along with her significant other in Oregon.
While that sounds like a super cool and relaxing way to spend an afternoon, it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Mandy that day.
Mandy was out in the wilderness close to Reedsport, Oregon, in an area located close to Camp Creek Road.
Mandy and her S.O. only intended to be out in the woods for a couple of hours, but then their plans got derailed after they got there in the afternoon.
The couple split up for a bit and headed in different directions. Then, Mandy unfortunately got lost.
“Just before 5 pm Tuesday, October 29th, 9-1-1 dispatchers received a call from her companion advising they had split up while picking mushrooms, and Greer hadn’t returned to their shared vehicle as planned,” the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a news release they shared to Facebook on October 31st.
Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with Search and Rescuers, and they were out for hours looking for Mandy.
They combed through the woods on foot and also used a drone as well as an airplane to try to locate Mandy without any success.
While the drone’s operator was able to identify heat signatures they hoped were related to Mandy, they still couldn’t find her out there.
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As the search stretched into the early morning hours, they stopped for a bit and were back at it that Wednesday morning at 7 a.m.
“At approximately 9:15 am, a deputy was able to make voice contact with Greer, who responded to the deputy’s siren sound sweep,” the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office detailed in their release.
“Searchers learned Greer was injured and would need assistance in extracting from the forest.”
“When rescuers located Greer, it was determined she had suffered a non-life-threatening injury, was cold and wet.”
Mandy’s rescuers jumped in to give her hot tea, food, and some first aid before helping her down to a roadway. From there, EMS providers stepped in to care for Mandy.
So, Mandy had to unfortunately spend the night all alone out there in the wilderness, which is the definition of my worst nightmare, but luckily, she is now safe and sound!
She actually commented on the post created by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, thanking her rescuers for coming to her aid.
“Thank you so much, everyone,” Mandy wrote in her comment on Facebook. “I was so blessed to have such a wonderful, great-spirited group find me. I will be forever grateful. I still want a copy of the picture we took.”
You can view the news release from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office regarding Mandy’s rescue here.
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